Leopold schnackenburg



(No Model.) 'L' SGHNACKENBURG. 2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

*WBBDING MACHINE.

'110.193,311. Patented May so, 1893.

(No Model.)-

L. SC'HNACKENBUB'G 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

WBEDvIN-G MACHINE. No. 498,311. Patented May 30,1893.

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/l m l UNITED STATESv PATENT OFFICE.

LEOPOLD SCHNACKENBURG, OF SCHWETZ, GERMANY.

WEEDING SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 4Q8,311,dated May 30, 1893.

Application iled February 28, 1893. Serial No. 464,125. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEOPOLD SOHNACKEN- BURG, a subject oi" the Emperor of Germany, and a resident of Schwetz, in the Empire of Germany, have invented a new and useful Weeding-Machiue for the Pulling of Quick- Grass, of which the following is aspecification.

The weeding-machine is represented by the accompanying drawings in which- Figure l is a longitudinal section and Fig. 2 the plan of the machine, is arranged as follows:

The angled ends of the bow-frame a are provided with two axle-journals b, which hold the drivingwheels c. On the naves of these wheels, the two small toothed wheels d are fixed, which catch into the wheels with insidegearing e. The axle f is put th rough two holes of the. frame a. Two pipes g are put loosely on this axle, each of the pipes being half as long as the free length of the axle f inside the bow-frame. On each of these pipes two drumplates h are xed by means of naves and arms, onto which the rakesrl are screwed. Every rake has several teeth which are attached in such a Way that the teeth of the first rake are standing between the teeth of the next. Thus two drums are formed, turning onthe axle f independent from each other. Onto the arms of the outside drum-plate h, the inside toothed wheel eis screwed, thus making the rotation of the drum dependent of the turning of the driving-wheels o, so that the rake-drum must turn-in accordance With the Wheels e and cZ-slower than the drivingwheels o.

The frame k is suspended on the ends of the axle f; in its middle it carries a polel with draw-hook m, to which animals can be putin the ordinary way. The frame k will turn round the axle f. The lever n is screwed to stay o which is firmly connected to Vthe frame k, it can be put higher or lower. When the lever n rests on the frame lc, the rake-drums are so low that the teeth can entirely enter the ground. If the lever/ nis adjusted higher the rake-drums are lifted, and at the highest position of the lever/n the teeth become quite free of the ground. In this state the machine can be easily transported on any road.

When the Weeder is required to work, it is taken on the field in a lifted state; on the field the rake-drum is let down by means of the lever 'n according to how the teeth are required to catch into the ground, and the apparatus is moved same as is done with an ordinary barrow.

For convenience a drivers seat may be provided on the frame k, also wipers for the teeth may be attached to the frame k, but these are hardly ever required, as the shocks are sufficient to make the quick-grass, which is pulled out, fall oi from the teeth. The apparatus also works if the ground is moderately moist.

What I claim is- In a machine for pulling quick-grass and other rooted weeds out of the ground; the cornbination of drums which are provided with on in the directing of driving, at a slowerspeed than thel machine itself, gradually leaving the ground, and enabling the weeds to fall off, with the frames 7c and a, the toothed Wheels e and d, and the axlef, as set forth.

LEOPOLD SCHNACKENBURG.

Witnesses:

PAUL REssLER, ANTON WENGER.

the frame a and with the curved adjusting-v rakes z' being slowly rotated by the drivingwheels while moving on, so that the teeth nuovev 

